flub
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Yesterday, we asked whether you’ve encountered an AI flub.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Sandoval quickly found her groove after the opening audio flub.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
But even with the one they flub — Koenig initially misidentifies Madonna’s fifth album as “Like a Prayer” before correcting himself to “Erotica” — they make a pretty solid case for their mistake.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
It wouldn’t be a 2024 campaign event without a verbal flub, and Trump delivered, calling the crowd “hard-working patri-isch-tic” before giving up on the sentence and moving on.
From Salon • May 24, 2024
Second, the two elements being compared should be grammatically and semantically parallel, a requirement that’s easy to flub when the first is complex.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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